Fighting Words
Understand the difference between speaking truth to power and screaming for power in the face of truth.
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Daily Bafflements
June 02, 2017
• Baffler contributor Corey Pein reports for The Guardian on a Trump supporter who’s received a very special award from some of the president’s associates. John Beavers, who last year reportedly sold his house to campaign independently on behalf of Donald Trump ...
Hope in the Time of Cholera
Episode 7: The British election, Hillary Clinton, and “Pissing Pug”
White Nationalism’s New Clothes
White nationalists are donning the garb of intellectual legitimacy. It's time to dress them down.
Putting Millions Back to Work
Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...
Social Media Forensics
May 31, 2017
The problem isn’t whether or not people “politicize” violence like the nightmare in Portland.
Lovesick and Twitter Verified
Online love, even if it's unrequited, is like a little diagnostic test for your soul.
Momentive’s Hundred Days
A conversation with Cecilia Aldarondo
The Whimper of Democracy
Inauguration Day protesters are caught up in Kafkaesque prosecutions, raising the stakes for dissent in the Trump era.
Less-Lethal Weapon
May 30, 2017
Taser International, now Axon, has rebranded to better showcase its “suite of smart weapons.”
What Comes After Resistance?
Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...
Flint, Beyond the Crisis
To call what is happening in Flint, Michigan a “water crisis” feels both exact and not. I’m not sure there’s other language that is as definite, short, and sharp for what was a massive institutional failure on many levels, spanning several years. The story, well ...